Accomplishing something..

[jaguarundi]

When you are feeling low, doing something like a needful chore

.. and working at it

until it's all finished...

will give you - backache, blisters on your fingers and a crick in your neck..

 

[kamya]

What does that plant thing do?

 

[jaguarundi]

What does that plant thing do?

Er, seriously??? Really??

It's what we call 'A Tree' where I come from. It - grows. Branches, leaves, yes?

Ok it has been pollarded, ie the branches sawn off, which means it then grows much thinner twiggy branches which grow straight up. In order for it not too grow too high or too thick, those thin straight twiggy branches need to be pruned off every year. Which was what I spent a few hours doing today. New ones will then grow up this year, sprout leaves, and I will need to prune it once again next year.

 

[ladyforsaken]

That's a pretty interesting looking tree to me, I must say.

 

[Tulip23]

It looks like the tree from the Harry Potter film

 

[jaguarundi]

Apologies to Kamya but it did seem funny calling the tree a plant thing

I suppose it does look a bit odd right now, after all my hard work cutting last years growth off it! It is covered in moss which I leave cos it looks nice, I think, and most pollarded trees get that bulbous swelling at the ends over the years. After pollarding they do look a bit like hands with severed fingers.... Creeeeeepy

I will post a photo of it in a few months when the leaves are back, at which time it will look like a lovely green tree... Promise! ☺

 

[WildernessWildChild]

I've got one of those plant/tree/whatever thingys to tackle this spring as well. I let it go last year to see what would happen....looked pretty cool but my learning has been to stay on top of it. I've got the moss thing going on it too, I like the effect.

 

[jaguarundi]

I've got one of those plant/tree/whatever thingys to tackle this spring as well. I let it go last year to see what would happen....looked pretty cool but my learning has been to stay on top of it. I've got the moss thing going on it too, I like the effect.

If you don't stay on top of them they just keep growing don't they, and the twiggy bits get thicker, then they get really hard to cut. For me anyway, I don't do chainsaws and I certainly don't do chainsaws climbed up a tree!!

 

[WildernessWildChild]

What've you got against chainsaws???

 

[jaguarundi]

What've you got against chainsaws???

'snothing personal. I mean some people might have a chainsaw as a bestie, or take it to bed in the RV with them, that kind of thing Happens a lot in outlandish wilderness parts of the world, I understand....

Me, I don't now how to use one properly and I am loathe to cut my arm off. . . .

 

[EveWasFramed]

What've you got against chainsaws???

'snothing personal. I mean some people might have a chainsaw as a bestie, or take it to bed in the RV with them, that kind of thing Happens a lot in outlandish wilderness parts of the world, I understand....

Me, I don't now how to use one properly and I am loathe to cut my arm off. . . .

*chokes laughing @ take your saw to bed with you*

 

[TheRealCallie]

I think trees like that are cool. Here, they just cut the middle out of trees

 

[jaguarundi]

I think trees like that are cool. Here, they just cut the middle out of trees

That certainly doesn't sound as attractive! Here's a picture of a few trees, looking a bit more leafy!

 

[kamya]

Apologies to Kamya but it did seem funny calling the tree a plant thing

I suppose it does look a bit odd right now, after all my hard work cutting last years growth off it! It is covered in moss which I leave cos it looks nice, I think, and most pollarded trees get that bulbous swelling at the ends over the years. After pollarding they do look a bit like hands with severed fingers.... Creeeeeepy

I will post a photo of it in a few months when the leaves are back, at which time it will look like a lovely green tree... Promise! ☺

Dood plants can be trees if they really believe in themselves! :O It seems pretty cool though. I wonder what it'll look like in the summer.

 

[jaguarundi]

Apologies to Kamya but it did seem funny calling the tree a plant thing

I suppose it does look a bit odd right now, after all my hard work cutting last years growth off it! It is covered in moss which I leave cos it looks nice, I think, and most pollarded trees get that bulbous swelling at the ends over the years. After pollarding they do look a bit like hands with severed fingers.... Creeeeeepy

I will post a photo of it in a few months when the leaves are back, at which time it will look like a lovely green tree... Promise! ☺

Dood plants can be trees if they really believe in themselves! :O It seems pretty cool though. I wonder what it'll look like in the summer.

Pretty much like the trees in my painting ^^ But I will remember to take a photo or two as it grows!